Saturday, July 12, 2008

The CHOADS (Canada)

THE WORLD AIN'T ROUND IT'S SQUARE-CS1993 (Louie Records)

Re-Up!

"Ever heard of the Choads?A Pre-Forbidden Dimension/ Pre-Von Zippers band, which released only a fantastic tape; a fake 60s band, really funny. One side is "Live in the 60s", but of course, isn't really!"- Mitch Useless(who submitted this amazing gem!)

"I was pretty fortunate to live in Calgary during what i like to call the "good" years (late eighties/early nineties), 'cuz there were a lot of cool bands playing at the time. Th' Legendary Few were the main reason i started playing in bands (along with Color Me Psycho, The Bad Housekeeping, Beyond Possession, The Ted Clark Five etc.). These were bands that understood rock and roll, and had a lot of fun doing it. Th' Legendary Few were together for a couple of years and only put out a tape called "Smokes"('cuz it looked like a pack of cigarettes!), but it's amazing! Singer Bill E. Stew went on to sing in the Coffin Nails and The Choads,who had Al(Color Me Psycho, Von Zippers) and Tomb among their ranks, and they only put out a tape called "The World Ain't Round, It's Square!" TLF's drummer Brent played in Ninth Configuration (again who also released a tape called "Vegas"-can you see a fucking pattern here?)." - venomvenom

"For those who missed the Choads in the early 90's, you missed a good thing... five-piece: keys, guitar, bass, drums and a lead singer who was a dead ringer for Fred Flintstone. " - Monkey Suit

"Not to be forgotten: Shonen Knife, Yo La Tengo, The Choads, Jesus Lizard, and all those Calgary bands who ever played a gig at the Republik... all dynamite." - Chad Saunders (former CJSW program director)

Tracklist1.Spit And Polish2.Another Day Another Man3.The Jolly Green Giant4.Depth Charge5.I Want Some Of That6.Grandmas Panties7.God Damn The Choads8.Smokes9.Tiger By The Tail10.Bamboozled11.Monkey Man12.Hungry Man13.Strange Rampage14.The Wiggler15.Keyholes Are For Peeping

13 comments:

Wow! I've been enjoying your blog for a few weeks now but this was a big surprise. I've been looking for this since I was sent a poorly taped 2nd generation copy in the mid-ninties. Thank you so much. As a big Tomb fan I have to ask if you have any other unreleased CMP / FD demos on your "To Post" list? Keep up the great work!

This rocks. I wonder if they took the title from a song off The Savages: Live n' Wild (see Nov. 14th post at: http://www.garagehangover.com/2006B.html). I have no idea if it was a cover for the Savages and it does not appear on this collection by The Choads.

So very excited to find this, and only one year after it found its way here! I too had the tape, and have tried searching for a copy like this before (but I guess I haven't tried in the last 12 months). I did, however, have a problem. The RAR file asked for a passcode and I could only try a blank one, but this only gave me a .tmp folder with the another empty folder inside named after the album (no music files). Any pointers? Please, please help me, as I love this album! Thanks.

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